Thursday Morning. Mat number TBD. Mecate has won seven of his last eight matches and is coming off a second place finish at the MAC Tournament. ODU's highest seed has 11 wins over NCAA Qualifiers, was a No. 12 seed last year as a redshirt freshman and is 17-4 in 2014 (only losses to No. 1 Mitchell Port, No. 3 Zain Retherford, No. 11 Joey Lazor and NCAA Qualifier Nick Flannery).

Thursday Morning. Mat number TBD. Warner beat Smith by a 6-2 decision on Feb. 2 in their last meeting. The two did not meet at the MAC Tournament. Warner is 8-3 since Jan. 24 (only losses to NCAA Qualifiers Joseph LaVallee and Ian Miller).

174- No. 15 Billy Curling (17-8) vs. Shane Hughes of Colorado (22-8).

Thursday Morning. Mat number TBD. Curling has won nine of his last 10 matches after finishing in second place at the MAC Tournament.

Brandon Jeske- "He's had an extremely difficult schedule. He's been hot and cold during the course of the year. I think the highlight of his year was at the Southern Scuffle where he beat three or four top-20 kids. He beat Kilmara of Oklahoma State who is a seeded wrestler. He wrestled very consistent at the MAC Tournament and put a lot of points on the board. We are trying to get him to wrestle hard for seven minutes."

Chris Mecate- "He's the No. 5 seed and has been consistent all year long. He's beaten 15 of the top-20 guys in the country. His goal is simple, take it one match at a time and wrestle hard for seven minutes. He has a goal to win a national title. How that pans out depends on how hard he wrestles."

Alexander Richardson- "Lenny Richardson has been very good all year. His schedule gave him three losses to the No. 1 kid in the country, who he hit at the Southern Scuffle and went into overtime with last week. Lenny has beaten everyone in the country at his weight. He's capable of beating anyone in the field."

Tristan Warner- "Tristan Warner has been pretty consistent throughout the year. He's been in tight matches with the best kids in the country. We like his odds against anybody he's going against."

Billy Curling- "Billy Curling started off slow and then got off to a hot streak the last six weeks of the season. He beat five top-20 guys five weekends in a row, which put him in the national discussion. Billy has to worry about himself and not about his opponents. As long as he wrestles hard good things are going to happen."

Jack Dechow- "Jack Dechow was out for half of the season. He has been getting in shape the last couple of weeks and is 12-2 since he has been back. He can beat anyone in the field."

"We have a lot of hot wrestlers right now so we like our odds going in. All six of them believe they can beat anyone in the country and that's huge, we haven't had that for awhile. So we are looking forward to going out there and scrapping."

Old Dominion Qualifier Notes:

125- Brandon Jeske 19-13 overall, Defeated Three nationally ranked opponents as a true freshman. Placed Third in the MAC Championships and has won three of his last four matches.

141- No. 4-ranked Chris Mecate 27-7 overall, Defeated 10 nationally ranked opponents and qualified for his second straight NCAA appearance as a redshirt sophomore. Placed Second in the MAC Championships and has won 7 of his last 8 matches.

149- No. 14-ranked Alexander Richardson 25-8 overall, Defeated four nationally ranked opponents this season and qualified for his second straight NCAA appearance as a sophomore. Placed Second at the MAC Championships and has won 13 of his last 15 (only losses to No. 1-ranked Drake Houdashelt by 4-1 and 3-1 overtime decisions).

157- Tristan Warner 19-11 overall, finished the season winning eight of his last 11. Placed Fourth at the MAC Championships as a redshirt junior and qualified for his second NCAA appearance in the last three years.

174- Billy Curling 17-8 overall, finished the season winning 9 of his last 10 as a redshirt senior. Placed Second at the MAC Championships and qualified for his second consecutive NCAA Championships.

184- Jack Dechow 17-4 overall, finished the year with a 6-3 record against the nationally ranked top-20. Placed First at the MAC Championships and qualified for his first NCAA appearance as a redshirt freshman. Dechow has won his last four matches and is the only wrestler to beat UNI All-American Ryan Loder in the last two years Loder has wrestled (Dechow beat him twice this year).

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